All these new bike lanes that the city put in downturn during the pandemic are dumb

[Anonymous]

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Bikes lanes -- and bike commuting -- are great for single / childless people who's main concern is scooting to work, the coffee shop, or the bar. Not so great for people with families who need to get kids to/from school on their commutes (I live in DC and work in VA [neither home nor work near metro]), older people not up for biking, the disabled, etc.

Those that wish to squeeze out private cars may win, but we won't become Peking 1960 -- instead, DC will be overflowing with taxis, Uber, and Lyft.

My neighbor has three kids and commutes them to school and day care every day on his bike. I seriously have no idea what world you live in that you know no one who does these things.

[Anonymous]

it is especially dumb because hardly anyone in dc rides bicycles. the bike lanes are mostly unused.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it is especially dumb because hardly anyone in dc rides bicycles. the bike lanes are mostly unused.

This...just isn't true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Bikes lanes -- and bike commuting -- are great for single / childless people who's main concern is scooting to work, the coffee shop, or the bar. Not so great for people with families who need to get kids to/from school on their commutes (I live in DC and work in VA [neither home nor work near metro]), older people not up for biking, the disabled, etc.

Those that wish to squeeze out private cars may win, but we won't become Peking 1960 -- instead, DC will be overflowing with taxis, Uber, and Lyft.

My neighbor has three kids and commutes them to school and day care every day on his bike. I seriously have no idea what world you live in that you know no one who does these things.

That seems insanely dangerous. They are one stoned driver away from blowing up their family tree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Bikes lanes -- and bike commuting -- are great for single / childless people who's main concern is scooting to work, the coffee shop, or the bar. Not so great for people with families who need to get kids to/from school on their commutes (I live in DC and work in VA [neither home nor work near metro]), older people not up for biking, the disabled, etc.

Those that wish to squeeze out private cars may win, but we won't become Peking 1960 -- instead, DC will be overflowing with taxis, Uber, and Lyft.

My neighbor has three kids and commutes them to school and day care every day on his bike. I seriously have no idea what world you live in that you know no one who does these things.

That seems insanely dangerous. They are one stoned driver away from blowing up their family tree.

Good point. Also why we need to restrict driving. It's just not safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:making traffic worse, no matter how you do it -- whether it's with too many cars or by reducing the capacity of streets to accommodate cars -- fuels sprawl. so, good job, dc.

I think we should build more highway lanes, like LA. Surely that will make things wonderful for everyone.

*skips away, completely divorced from reality*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Bikes lanes -- and bike commuting -- are great for single / childless people who's main concern is scooting to work, the coffee shop, or the bar. Not so great for people with families who need to get kids to/from school on their commutes (I live in DC and work in VA [neither home nor work near metro]), older people not up for biking, the disabled, etc.

Those that wish to squeeze out private cars may win, but we won't become Peking 1960 -- instead, DC will be overflowing with taxis, Uber, and Lyft.

My neighbor has three kids and commutes them to school and day care every day on his bike. I seriously have no idea what world you live in that you know no one who does these things.

That seems insanely dangerous. They are one stoned driver away from blowing up their family tree.

That's true when they get in a car, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Bikes lanes -- and bike commuting -- are great for single / childless people who's main concern is scooting to work, the coffee shop, or the bar. Not so great for people with families who need to get kids to/from school on their commutes (I live in DC and work in VA [neither home nor work near metro]), older people not up for biking, the disabled, etc.

Those that wish to squeeze out private cars may win, but we won't become Peking 1960 -- instead, DC will be overflowing with taxis, Uber, and Lyft.

My neighbor has three kids and commutes them to school and day care every day on his bike. I seriously have no idea what world you live in that you know no one who does these things.

That seems insanely dangerous. They are one stoned driver away from blowing up their family tree.

That's true when they get in a car, too.

Sure, but cars have airbags and seatbelts and people have two tons of steel wrapped around them. Bicyclists have...helmets that do almost nothing except provide a false sense of security.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Bikes lanes -- and bike commuting -- are great for single / childless people who's main concern is scooting to work, the coffee shop, or the bar. Not so great for people with families who need to get kids to/from school on their commutes (I live in DC and work in VA [neither home nor work near metro]), older people not up for biking, the disabled, etc.

Those that wish to squeeze out private cars may win, but we won't become Peking 1960 -- instead, DC will be overflowing with taxis, Uber, and Lyft.

My neighbor has three kids and commutes them to school and day care every day on his bike. I seriously have no idea what world you live in that you know no one who does these things.

That seems insanely dangerous. They are one stoned driver away from blowing up their family tree.

That's true when they get in a car, too.

Sure, but cars have airbags and seatbelts and people have two tons of steel wrapped around them. Bicyclists have...helmets that do almost nothing except provide a false sense of security.

You’re right, we need to ban cars from the city completely, it’s the only way to keep everyone safe.

[Anonymous]

There’s just no other way to reduce traffic and congestion other then making driving more inconvenient then other forms of transportation. Congestion is one form of inconvenience, but no matter how many roads and parking you build there always will be congestion, because people just prefer to drive. You build roads and they will come. But you build bike lanes, add more busses and people who have that option will chose to leave their cars home if it means cutting their commute time and cost.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Bikes lanes -- and bike commuting -- are great for single / childless people who's main concern is scooting to work, the coffee shop, or the bar. Not so great for people with families who need to get kids to/from school on their commutes (I live in DC and work in VA [neither home nor work near metro]), older people not up for biking, the disabled, etc.

Those that wish to squeeze out private cars may win, but we won't become Peking 1960 -- instead, DC will be overflowing with taxis, Uber, and Lyft.

My neighbor has three kids and commutes them to school and day care every day on his bike. I seriously have no idea what world you live in that you know no one who does these things.

That seems insanely dangerous. They are one stoned driver away from blowing up their family tree.

That's true when they get in a car, too.

Sure, but cars have airbags and seatbelts and people have two tons of steel wrapped around them. Bicyclists have...helmets that do almost nothing except provide a false sense of security.

You’re right, we need to ban cars from the city completely, it’s the only way to keep everyone safe.

Maybe golf carts for those who really need them to get around?

[Anonymous]

These threads always bring out the lazy entitled suburbanites who think there should be a 6 lane highway directly from their house in olney to their favorite restaurant on 14th st. Go pound sand, we don’t want your fat a)$ or your huge SUV in our city at all. Gaithersburg has lots of great restaurants you can try instead!

I don’t even own a bike, btw. Just so sick of the pompous entitlement from people who don’t live here and contribute absolutely nothing to our city but think it should all be organized 100% for their convenience at the expense of our lives and safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s just no other way to reduce traffic and congestion other then making driving more inconvenient then other forms of transportation. Congestion is one form of inconvenience, but no matter how many roads and parking you build there always will be congestion, because people just prefer to drive. You build roads and they will come. But you build bike lanes, add more busses and people who have that option will chose to leave their cars home if it means cutting their commute time and cost.

There's nothing inevitable here. DC is choosing to make traffic much worse by putting in bike lanes. Maybe some tiny fraction of drivers will switch to bikes, but the vast majority of people will not even consider biking. It's just not practical for most people for a whole litany of reasons. If it's too hard to drive downtown, people will just go elsewhere.

If DC actually cared about these issues, it would stop neglecting the metro system. That's obviously the single best thing the city could do in terms of moving people around efficiently and with the least amount of damage to the environment. And we know people will ride the subway if it doesnt suck. But the city has shortchanged metro for years, people have left in droves and there's no sign that's going to change anytime soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Bikes lanes -- and bike commuting -- are great for single / childless people who's main concern is scooting to work, the coffee shop, or the bar. Not so great for people with families who need to get kids to/from school on their commutes (I live in DC and work in VA [neither home nor work near metro]), older people not up for biking, the disabled, etc.

Those that wish to squeeze out private cars may win, but we won't become Peking 1960 -- instead, DC will be overflowing with taxis, Uber, and Lyft.

My neighbor has three kids and commutes them to school and day care every day on his bike. I seriously have no idea what world you live in that you know no one who does these things.

That seems insanely dangerous. They are one stoned driver away from blowing up their family tree.

That's true when they get in a car, too.

Sure, but cars have airbags and seatbelts and people have two tons of steel wrapped around them. Bicyclists have...helmets that do almost nothing except provide a false sense of security.

One of the more dangerous things you can do for your kids is have them live a car-dependent life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Bikes lanes -- and bike commuting -- are great for single / childless people who's main concern is scooting to work, the coffee shop, or the bar. Not so great for people with families who need to get kids to/from school on their commutes (I live in DC and work in VA [neither home nor work near metro]), older people not up for biking, the disabled, etc.

Those that wish to squeeze out private cars may win, but we won't become Peking 1960 -- instead, DC will be overflowing with taxis, Uber, and Lyft.

My neighbor has three kids and commutes them to school and day care every day on his bike. I seriously have no idea what world you live in that you know no one who does these things.

That seems insanely dangerous. They are one stoned driver away from blowing up their family tree.

That's true when they get in a car, too.

Sure, but cars have airbags and seatbelts and people have two tons of steel wrapped around them. Bicyclists have...helmets that do almost nothing except provide a false sense of security.

One of the more dangerous things you can do for your kids is have them live a car-dependent life.

This sounds like some goofy hippy bumper sticker. Cars make people's lives better. Why else do you think people drive? Cars are expensive and if they didn't make people's lives significantly better, they wouldnt bother with the expense.